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John: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

The purpose of the Gospel of John is “that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” Central to the Apostle John’s message is the idea of believing. Author Joe Dongell establishes that this believing does not call simply for optimism about life, nor a belief that God exists, but for faith and confidence in the truth that Jesus...

(6:41).It is difficult to reconstruct precisely their underlying expectation of how heavenly bread would appear on earth. Did they expect such bread literally to descend from the sky? Did they expect this bread (Jesus) to arise from a lineage other than Joseph’s? Did they expect a public manifestation more dramatic than Jesus’ appearance as teacher and healer? Whatever their underlying expectations, they were unable to reconcile Jesus’ earthly heritage with His claims of heavenly origin. Here again the
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